HSK 5 vocabulary › 吃亏
吃亏
吃亏 in English: to suffer losses; to come to grief
chī kuī
to suffer losses; to come to grief
How to pronounce 吃亏
chī kuī (without tone marks: chi kui). chī is a first (high, level) tone; kuī is a first (high, level) tone.
Characters in 吃亏
吃 chī
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
亏 kuī
to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly
to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly
Related words
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume | HSK 1 |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious | HSK 2 |
| 吃惊 | chī jīng | to be startled; to be shocked | HSK 4 |
| 小吃 | xiǎo chī | snack; refreshments | HSK 4 |
| 多亏 | duō kuī | thanks to; luckily | HSK 5 |
| 幸亏 | xìng kuī | fortunately; luckily | HSK 5 |
| 吃苦 | chī kǔ | to bear hardships | HSK 6 |
| 吃力 | chī lì | to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task | HSK 6 |
| 亏待 | kuī dài | to treat sb unfairly | HSK 6 |
| 亏损 | kuī sǔn | deficit; loss | HSK 6 |